Chapter Lead- Director, Full Stack Software Engineering- Alternative Investments

Job Description:

Chapter Lead- Director, Full Stack Software Engineering- Alternative Investments

The Role

FFIO (Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations) is seeking a full stack engineering leader to drive the development and enhancement of products supporting Alternative Investments. This role is responsible for delivering high-quality technology solutions through close collaboration with architects, technologists, and business partners. As a technical leader, you will play a critical role in resolving complex challenges, ensuring timely and accurate product launches, and contributing to Fidelity’s strategic expansion in the Alternative Investment space.
As a key member of the technology leadership team, you will help foster a high-performing engineering culture built on innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You’ll champion an inclusive and energized environment, elevate leadership across all levels, and promote alignment with enterprise standards while empowering teams to operate autonomously. Your ability to bring fresh technological perspectives will be essential in solving business challenges that demand agility and scale. Through the implementation of innovative, industry-standard solutions and optimization of end-to-end delivery, you will directly support Fidelity’s mission to deliver impactful and efficient investment solutions.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• 15+ years of technical hands-on experience including Java API, web, and cloud technologies, with strong proficiency in Core Java, Spring, Servlets/JSP, JavaScript, jQuery, and Microservices architecture.

• 10+ years in Asset Management Technology, with exposure to Alternative Investments including Derivatives, Liquid Alts, and Private Equity.

• Proven ability to lead technical teams, drive digital transformation, and enable agile, customer-focused delivery.

• Deep understanding of API design and development, multithreading, Java design patterns, and performance tuning.

• Hands-on experience with AWS and modern DevOps tools (Maven, Jenkins, GitHub, Jira).

• Proven ability to lead architecture and product roadmaps for large-scale, complex systems.

• Skilled in strategic consulting, cross-functional collaboration, and driving engineering standards and technology direction.

• Experience working with distributed teams across time zones.

• Ownership of technical delivery across assigned applications, including sprint planning, feature development, and release execution.

• BS degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering or equivalent experience

The Team

Fidelity Fund & Investment Operations (FFIO) provides accounting and investment management support services for Fidelity mutual funds and other retail and institutional investment products. These services include calculating and distributing NAVs, distribution rates and yields for a wide variety of investment products, preparing fund financial statements, dividend estimates and tax returns, monitoring delivery of fund trades to custodian banks, processing corporate actions, collecting securities income on behalf of the funds, reconciling, reporting and moving money in support of fund shareholder transactions, and managing fund liquidity.

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Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.